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Published: 22 Sep 14

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11 craziest credit card purchases in Singapore

Find out if each is worth the outlay.

There’s no doubt that credit cards are now considered a key to the door of your most wanted car or house, dream concerts or sport events, most-awaited vacation or trip, and so on. A survey by Enjoycompare.com, a financial services website, however found that Singapore credit card holders don't just use their plastic for everyday activities. Some revealed bizarre credit purchases, from buying a live shark and dinosaur fossils to covering wedding expenses and paying for overdue library book.

The sky is the limit indeed as long as you budget well and avoid paying any unnecessary charges.

11 craziest credit card purchases in Singapore

"I was working for a time for wildlife park in Europe, and we were offered a live shark by another establishment. We wanted to close the deal quickly, so I bought it on my credit card rather than go through the usual channels. My wife wasn't too pleased."

"Dinosaur fossils. It's easier to use your credit card if you're a collector and the dealer's abroad. I know it's a bizarre hobby, but I traveled to England a couple of years back just to hunt some fossils on their Jurassic coast."

"I paid a fine on an overdue library book with mine. I accidentally brought it back from my studies in England and sort of accidentally kept it for three years. It was a big fine, but the college gave me a discount because they thought it was funny."